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I had been wanting to try making arancini di riso for a while now. Arancini di riso are fried balls of rice. The balls of rice commonly contain things like ragu, mozzarella, peas, etc. You can make the rice from scratch for the arancini but it is a great way to breath some fresh life into your leftover risotto. Normally risotto disappears before I think about making arancini but this time I made sure to leave enough of the pea barley risotto to make the "rice" balls. I decided to keep it simple and just add a cube of mozzarella cheese since my risotto already had peas in it. I had some leftover marinara sauce in the freezer and I though that it would be a good idea to serve the rice balls on some of it. The rice balls are fairly easy to make. It is pretty much the same as any other breaded fried food; You dip the rice balls into the egg, then the bread crumbs, and then you fry them. I used the risotto directly from the fridge so it was cold, easy to work with and it held together. The arancini on marinara sauce were really tasty! They were nice and crispy on the outside and warm and gooey on the inside. Both the mozzarella and the parmigiano reggiano in the risotto had melted.

Directions:1. Form the rice into balls and press the cheese into the middle.2. Roll the rice balls in the egg to coat.3. Roll the rice balls into a mixture of the the parmigiano reggiano and the bread crumbs to coat.4. Heat the oil in a pan.5. Fry the rice balls in the oil until golden brown on all sides.

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I once worked for a wedding caterer and made probably 500 fontina-stuffed arancini in one afternoon. I declared loudly that I would never eat another arancino in my life. These look pretty damn tasty, though--I might make an exception. I especially like that they don't look heavily breaded.

These look so fun. I had a boyfriend in college who was positively obsessed with these. I've had them at restaurants, but never made them. You make a great point about how easy it is to use up leftover rice/risotto. Thanks for the great idea

Kevin - I have the same problem as you...all these plans for leftover risotto, except there's never any leftover ristotto! (Even when there is, I gobble it down before I can make anything else with it. How sad!)

That said, perhaps if I start making a double batch, or at least a batch and a half...then maybe I could try these risotto balls too! They look wonderful...

These are one of my favorites. I love making the tiny ones so you can just pop them into your mouth, no fork required! Don't you think it should be a requirement to make these when you have left over risotto? ;)

Delicious. Just imagine biting to it and then getting the creamy taste of that delicious filling. Just pure heaven. You are a wonderful cook, the other day i was going through you older post and my you have cooked so much varety of food.I have bookmarkde few of them to try

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